State of Georgia Office of the Lieutenant Governor December 6, 2018 For Immediate Release: CAGLE: Jones County Awarded $3 Million College & Career Academy Grant Atlanta, GA, December 6, 2018 – Today, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, along with the Technical College...

By: Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) During the 11th week of the 2018 Legislative Session, the Senate passed 54 pieces of legislation. As we head toward this year’s Sine Die, we are as busy as ever under the Gold Dome. In addition to passing the General Budget for the...

Sen. Burt Jones (R –Jackson) welcomed Malcolm Mitchell to the Senate yesterday to commend him for his achievements and to recognize March 7, 2018, as Children’s Literacy Day at the state Capitol with the adoption of Senate Resolution 961. “It is always such an honor...

By: Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) With Crossover Day now behind us, we have just a month before Sine Die. This week, we debated and voted on 72 pieces of legislation, and they will now move on to the House to continue the legislative process. Each bill we pass focuses...

By: Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) We are now seven weeks into this year’s legislative session with Crossover Day approaching next week. At this point, your state Senators are gearing up to debate our final general Senate bills and resolutions, which will all need to...

By: Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) The sixth week of the 2018 legislative session has come to an end. This week we passed 20 bills, proving our busiest week yet. We are more than halfway through, having completed 22 legislative days, and now we work towards Crossover...

Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) was recently appointed to represent Georgia on the Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee on Trade (IGPAC) on behalf of United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer. “I am honored and humbled to be appointed to...

By: Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) The fifth week of the 2018 Legislative session came and went very quickly. The Senate saw many bills presented and voted on and I was pleased with the support on both sides of the aisle for many pieces of legislation that were...

By: Sen. Burt Jones (R – Jackson) The fourth week under the Gold Dome was a busy and productive one. Of the many exciting things that happened, first and foremost was the famous Groundhog Day prediction by General Beauregard Lee, Butts County’s own groundhog, that...